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1.Imperialism of the 1870 to 1914 period can best be
described as
a. Overseas merchantilism
b. Development of profitable trade with nonWestern regions
c. Establishment of coastal trading posts in the
non-European world
d. The imposition by Europeans of their
social, economic, and political systems
upon non-Europeans
e. The establishment of European democratic
government in the non-European world
2. All of the following European nations were major
imperial powers from 1870 to 1914 EXCEPT
a. France
b. Britain
c. Germany
d. Belgium
e. Austria
3. All of these could be considered major causes of
imperialism EXCEPT
a. The search for new markets for industrial
products
b. The acquisition of raw materials
c. Missionary activities
d. The desire to absorb the culture of nonEuropeans
e. The race for colonies
4.Throughout the 1900s, an increased need for both
raw materials and new markets for manufactured
goods led various European nations to pursue
policies of
a. imperialism.
b. socialism.
c. isolationism.
d. communism.
5.At the end of the 1800s, colonies were generally
seen as a
a.
place to send criminals.
b.
sign of a country’s power.
c.
location to train military forces.
d.
method for suppressing nationalism
6. After 1850, which of the following groups of
countries accounted for the most investment in the
Americas, Asia, Africa, and Russia?
(A) Great Britain, France, and Switzerland
(B) Great Britain, France, and Germany
(C) France, the Netherlands, and Germany
(D) Germany, Italy, and Great Britain
(E) Austria, Germany, and France
7. By 1913, world trade had
a. Increased by 25 percent over the 1800 level
b. Almost tripled the level of 1800
c. More than doubled the level of 1800
d. Grown to 25 times the level of 1800
Increased 50 times the level of 1800
8. The most important of England’s colonies during
the era of new Imperialism was
a. Canada
b. India
c. Australia
d. Ireland
e. Cape Colony
9. The map above represents the British Empire in
(A) 1776
(B) 1850
(C) 1919
(D) 1950
(E) 1961
10. The event which caused the British government
to take direct control of India was
a. A, the Indian National Congress
b. The Sepoy rebellion
c. The Berlin Conference of 1885
d. The passage of the Reform Bill of 1884
e. The Boxer Rebellion
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11. Which of the following was NOT a possible cause
of the New Imperialism?
a. The need for new markets to sell European
manufactured goods and to invest newly
created capital
b. The rampant nationalism of the 19th century
that unified European nations and gave
them a sense of historical destiny
c. The ability of European political elites to act
without worrying about public opinion
d. The technological innovations in weaponry
and transportation that encouraged
European military adventurism
e. The need for competing European political
elites to win the support of the newly
politicized and enfranchised masses
12. British colonial administration of India from 1857
to 1948 was comparatively enlightened because
a. they supported the landlords
b. they completely end the caste system
c. they left the entire subcontinent under
local control
d. Indians were encouraged to serve in the
colonial government
13. All of the following are explanations for the New
Imperialism EXCEPT
a. Undeveloped countries would yield higher
profits, new markets and safe sources of
raw materials
b. ‘backward’ nations required the benefits of
western civilization
c. Natives in underdeveloped countries
deserved to learn about Christianity
d. It was politically advantageous for European
powers to control colonies in
underdeveloped parts of the world
e. African leaders had lost their authority due
to a series intracontinental wars and
needed help recreating their nation-states
14. One of the most perceptive critics of imperialism
was 793
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
J.A. Hobson
Charles Darwin
Lionel Jensen
Benito Mussolini
Albert Einstein
15.The formation of the Indian National Congress in
1885 demonstrates
a. the successful colonization of India by
Britain
b. the scramble for Africa
c. the formation of nationalism as a response
to Western imperialism
d. the beginning of the New Imperialism
e. all of the above
16. The Sepoy Rebellion of 1857
a. Was a vast nationalist uprising
b. Demonstrated anti-Western sentiment in
China
c. Drove the British from Burma
d. Led the British government to begin to rule
India directly
e. Led the British to concentrate on bringing
liberal reforms to India
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17. Rudyard Kipling’s “White Man’s Burden” seemed
to indicate that
a. Europeans had a duty to civilize other
peoples
b. Imperialism meant hard work but great
rewards
c. Service to one’s country was patriotic duty
d. Peoples of Africa and Asia, given a chance,
could achieve as much as the Europeans
e. Democracy must be established worldwide
18. The 19th century term "white man's burden"
means
A.
imperialism was opposed by most
Europeans.
B.
Asians and Africans were equal to
Europeans.
C.
Europeans had a responsibility to improve
the lives of their colonial peoples.
D. Asians and Africans would be grateful
for European help.
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19.The 19th century term "white man's burden"
means
a. imperialism was opposed by most
Europeans.
b. Asians and Africans were equal to
Europeans.
c. Europeans had a responsibility to improve
the lives of their colonial peoples.
d. Asians and Africans would be grateful for
European help.
20. The principle by which the European powers
established their claim to a territory prior to the
Berlin Conference was
a. Extraterritoriality
b. Effective occupation
c. Proscribed negotiation
d. Enforced subjugation
Formal annexation
21 .The Berlin Conference of 1885 was called to
address the status of 805
a. India
b. The Congo
c. The Balkans
d. South Africa
e. Morocco
22.The most direct cause of the Berlin Conference of
1885 was
a. The unification of Germany following the
Franco-Prussian War
b. The occupation of Egypt by British troops
c. The setting up of criteria for European
claims African territory
d. The establishment fo the principle that
European power claiming African territory
must treat the African population humanely
e.The rapid expansion of Belgian inerests in the
Congo
23. The Berlin Conference of 1885, sponsored by
Germany’s Bismark,
a. Determined the “rules” for the partition of
Africa
b. Set up spheres of influence in China
c. Divided the Ottoman possessions in the
Middle East among six European powers
d. Recognized the United States’ dominance in
Latin America
24. Rudyard Kipling’s stirring poems for the English
to take up “the white man’s burden” are compatible
with which of the following?
a. Social Darwinism
b. The obligation of the West to enlighten the
“benighted races” of the non-Western
world
c. The urgings of Jules Ferry in France and
Josiah Strong in the US to “spread the
culture”
d. None of these
e. All of these
e. international the former Belgian Congo
25. The Suez Canal episode in the early 1880s
illustrates which of the following aspects of the
“New Imperialism”
a. The underlying economic motives
b. The willingness of western governments to
rule imperial holdings directly
c. The way imperial expansion demanded
further expansion
d. The competitive nature of European
expansion
e. All of the above
26 commonly referred to the Suez Canal in Egypt as
the “Lifeline of the Empire” because it
a. held large deposits of coal needed by British
industries.
b. provided a strategic shipping route to
British colonies.
c. served as a ship-building center for the
British navy.
d. irrigated several cash crops in the British
colonies.
27. The Suez Canal espisode in the eary 1880s
illustrates which of the following ascepts of the
“New Imperilaism”798
a. The underlying economic motives
b. The willingness of western governments to
rule imperial holdings directly
c. The way imperial expansion demanded
further expansion
d. The competitive nature of European
expansion
e. All of the above
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28. What was the geopolitical importance of Egypt
to the British?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
It was important for protection of British
interests in Latin America
It provided a critical source of cotton fabric
for sale in Asia
It permitted the British to protect access to
lucrative markets in India
It provided a coaling station for access to
the Pacific
It gave Britain access to the Mediterranean
29. . The Suez Canal is significant in the history of the
New Imperialism because
a. In connected the Mediterranean Sea
through Eygpt to the Red Sea and the Indian
Ocean
b. The need to control it led the British to
occupy Egypt in the summer of 1882
c. The need to protect British interests in it led
Britain to expand its African holdings south
from Egypt
d. The need for French acceptance of their
control of the canal in Egypt led Britain to
support French expansion in the northwest
Africa
e.All of the above
30 . Both, the French and the British were interested
in controlling Egypt in the mid 19th century because
Egypt had
a. A.
control of the spice trade.
b. B.
an industrial-based economy.
c. C.
important mineral resources.
d. D.
a strategic location.
31. 19th century British imperialism was centered in
which area of Africa?798
a. Egypt and southern Africa
b. East Africa
c. West Africa
d. Senegal
Algeria
32. The two crises over Morocco in the early 20th
century almost brought war between
a. England and France
b. England and Morocco
c. France and Germany
d. Italy and Germany
33. In mid 20th century France, the colony whose
liberation stirred the most controversy was
a. Morocco
b. French Indochina
c. Algeria
d. Tunisia
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35. . The only African countries to remain
politically independent following the "scramble
for Africa" by European countries in the late
nineteenth century were:
(A) Nigeria and the Congo
(B) Liberia and Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
(C) South Africa and Rhodesia
(D) Egypt and Libya
(E) Morocco and Algeria
36.. “What the breechloader, the machine gun, the
steamboat, the steamship, quinine, and other
innovations did was to lower the cost in
both financial and human terms of penetrating,
conquering, and exploiting new territories.
So cost-effective did they make imperialism that not
only national governments but even individuals like
Henry Stanley’ and Cecil Rhodes could precipitate
events and stake out claims to vast territories which
later
became parts of empires.”
The historian quoted above would most likely use
which of the following statements to explain
imperialism in Africa after 1870?
AFRICA, 1914
34. The shaded areas on the map shown above
formed part of the colonial empire of
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
France
Germany
Great Britain
Belgium
Portugal
(A) Europe’s major corporations used ruthless force
in their search for overseas trade and
profits.
(B) The power of European technology provided
the mechanism that made imperialism
cheap
and easy.
(C) European politicians were willing and eager to
risk war for the sake of national prestige.
(D) Individuals like Stanley and Rhodes were more
important than economic forces in the
conquest of Africa by Europeans.
(E) The European officer class was eager to use
Africa as a testing ground for new weapons.
37. H.M. Stanley originally went to Africa to
a. claim land for Leopold of Belgium
b. look for gold
c. search for David Livingstone
d. explore the Congo River
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38. Who was the person who provided the calalyst
for the “scramble for Africa”?
a. Otto von Bismark, chancellor of Germany
b. Camillo di Cavour, premier of Italy
c. King Leoppold II of Belgium
d. Kaiser Wilhelm II, king of Germany
39. The “Scramble ofr Africa” was precipitated by
which of the following events
a. the completion of the Suez Canal
b. France’s prevention of Italy from annexing
Tunisia
c. Britain’s expansion into present day
Zimbabwe
d. Bismark’s annexations of southwest Africa,
Togoland, the Cameroons, and East Africa
e. Britain’s advance into the Sudan
40. International reaction to British policy during the
Boer War is best characterized as
a. Indifference
b. Hostility
c. Approval
d. Voluntary offer of assistance
e.Unified resistance
41. In South Africa around the turn of the 20th
century, descendants of Dutch settlers
a. Got rich from the discovery of gold and
diamonds in the Transvaal
b. Retreated inland to escape the British
c. Fought the British in the Boer War
d. Assimilated themselves into British
colonialism
e. Refused to join the Union of South Africa
42.The initial German reaction to French colonialism
in Africa was
a. Distrust of French intentions
b. Anger
c. Tacit acceptance
d. To look to Great Britain to block French
expansion
e. To build their own colonies
43. . Until 1890, who was the arbiter of European
diplomacy?
a. Disraeli
b. Bismark
c. Cavour
d. Gladstone
e. Rhodes
44.What country’s entry into the colonial race in
southern Africa threatened Britain’s dominance over
the Boer republics?
a. The Netherlands
b. Portugal
c. France
d. Germany
e. Italy
45. The Fashoda Crisis in Africa resulted from tension
between the
a. Dutch and British in South Africa
b. French in Morocco and the British n Egypt
c. French and British in the Sudan
d. Belgians and Germans in West Africa
e.Italians and native people in Ethiopia
46.What country’s entry into the colonial race in
southern Africa threatened Britain’s dominance over
the 805Boer republics?805
a. The Netherlands
b. Portugal
c. France
d. Germany
e. Italy
47. The Mahdi rebellion in the Sudan succeed for a
while because the
a. Mahdists were aided by the French against
the British
b. Mahdists had surprisingly modern
weaponry
c. British had no military leaders in Eygpt to
send to the Sudan
d. Liberal government in London was
reluctant to support conquest in the Sudan
All of the above
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48. The Kruger telegram was evidence of
a. International rivalries in Africa
b. Competition between England and France
in the Sudan
c. German support of Brtish involvement in
Africa
d. Concern over the disappearance of David
Livingstone
e. International bids against the British
(E) an increase in hostility to Europeans
49. Which of the following African countries is
incorrectly matched with the European country that
dominated it in the late 19th century
a. Kenya-Britain
b. Morocco-France
c. Libya-Italy
d. South Africa-the Netherlands
e. Congo-Belgium
54. The term “informal empire” best describe the
situation in
a. Rhodesia
b. The Congo
c. Indochina
d. India
e. China
50. . Which of the following regions was NOT part of
the US imperial network?
a. Panama
b. Africa
c. The Caribbean Islands
d. Samoa
e. Hawaii
a. Rid China of a Japanese presence
53. The Boxer Rebellion was fought to
a. Expel foreign missions and businesses from
China
b. Topple the empress of China
c. Capture Beijing
d. Overturn the Open Door policy
e. Rid China of a Japanese presence
55.The Taiping Rebellion I connected to European
history because
a. The rebels were demanding Western-style
reform
b. It was a result of the Russo-Japanese war
c. Western encroachment undermined the
poer of the ruling dynasty
d. It was caused by fighting in WWII
e. The rebels were acting at the instigation of
Westerners
51. . For China, a major consequence of the Opium
War (1841) was
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
a unification of its territories
a rapid increase in industrialization
a decline in nationalist sentiment
the Westernization of government policies
d. imperialism in Southeast Asia
e. The US Open Door Policy
f. Asia’s openness with the West
52. The Boxers of China favored the
a. Creation of a democratic government
b. Overthrow of the Manchu dynasty
c. Expulsion of foreigners
d. Opening of all Chinese ports to foreign
trade
e. End of smuggling of opium
56. . Matthew Perry’s visit in 1853 to Japan can best
be described as
a. US imperialism in Asia
b. English imperialism in Asia
c. French
57. In 1900, anti-foreign sentiment in China led to an
uprising known as the
A.
Nian Rebellion.
B.
Boxer Rebellion.
C.
Taiping Rebellion.
D.
Sepoy Rebellion.
58. A major commodity in Britain’s exports to China
was
a. Tools
b. Silk
c. Tobacco
d. Opium
e. Sugar
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59. For China, a major consequence of the Opium
War (1841) was
(A) a unification of its territories
(B) a rapid increase in industrialization
(C) a decline in nationalist sentiment
(D) the Westernization of government policies
(E) an increase in hostility to Europeans
64. On the whole, the colonies of which European
nation made the smoothest transition to
independence?
a. The Netherlands
b. Britain
c. France
d. Portugal
e. Belgium
60.. Prior to Matthew Perry’s visit in 1853, Japan’s
main source of knowledge of the West since the
early 1600s had been through809
a. Occasional Christian missionaries who
were admitted
b. The Dutch, who continued to engage
in limited trade
c. English books that were imported
d. Japanese citizens who travelled abroad
e. Photographs of Western cities
65. Europe’s world hegemony lasted roughly
a. From 1870 to 1914
b. From 1900 to 1914
c. From 1870 to 1945
d. From 1900 to 1945
e. From 1870 to 1900
61. Anti-imperialist leaders in Africa and Asia
a. typically rejected all aspects of Western
culture
b. used Western ideologies to shape their
movements
c. were usually of lower-class origins
d. rejected violence as a tool for
independence
e. never used Marxist ideas to support their
actions
62. Which of the following avoided European
colonization and became a colonial power?
a. China
b. Japan
c. Persia (Iran)
d. Siam (Thailand)
e. Ethiopia
63. All of these helped bring about the collapse of
colonialism EXCEPT
a. Western-style education in the colonies
b. Japanese successes in World War II
c. The principle of self determination first
espoused at the peace conferences that
ended WWII
d. The exhaustion of Europe after WWII
e. The idealism of the Russian Revolution
66.. European imperialism in Asia differed from that
in Asia differed from that in Africa in which of the
following ways?
a. It lacked economic motives
b. It was facilitated by technological
innovations in weaponry and transportation
c. It was connected to nationalism
d. It was connected to the development of
mass politics
e. It was exerted through control of local
elites
67.. Which was not a justification for the 19th century
land grab in Africa and Asia
a. Imperialism was a tool of social policy
b. Imperialism was a way to bring Christianity
and “civilization” to foreign peoples
c. Imperialism would serve as a source of
economic security and would finance a
program of domestic reform reform and
welfare
d. Imperialism would help cure the depression
of 1873-1896
e. Imperialism would help to increase the
diminishing European population
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68. All of the following are accurate assessments of
the New Imperialism EXCEPT
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
It degraded subject peoples
It created immensely profitable markets
for European goods in the colonies
It introduced progressive economies to the
non-Western world
It helped precipitate WWI and WWII
It encouraged the non-West to modernize
its social and political systems
69.. The “new imperialism” by Europeans from 1880
to 1914 differed from the imperialism of earlier
periods in that
a. It was primarily economic
b. Its goal was the establishment of peaceful
trading empires
c. It involved the political domination of
masses of people in Asia and Africa
d. It was limited to the Pacific region
e. It focused mainly on the Middle East
70. All of the following are considered causes for the
“new imperialism” except
a. A search for markets for European
manufactured goods
b. European racism
c. Acquisition of colonies for prestige and
national security
d. Missionary zeal
e. The rising power of industrializing nations